Father God in heaven
Father God in heaven. James Edward Seddon* (1915-1983).
This is a modern trope on the Lord’s Prayer, in which each stanza consists of a fragment of text interspersed with phrases of the prayer. Each stanza ends with the refrain ‘O Lord, hear our prayer’. It appears in several Jubilate Group* books, including HFTC (1982) and Sing Glory (1999). It is also found in BPW and Worship Songs, Ancient and Modern (1992). It is associated with the tune KUM BA YAH.
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